Quote#Wisdom
That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages,…
Quote bySojourner Truth · 1797–1883
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ain't I a Woman? Speech (1851).
English (original)
That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman?
— Sojourner Truth
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